Glover negotiates deep ruts

Supercross configurations may have been on the timid side in the early 1980's, but that didn't make them an easier to ride.

Broc Glover shows the proper technique for getting through a bike-swallowing rut.

Once again, the open face helmet allows for a full frontal view of Broc's concentration.

Retro Motocross readers...help me out and let me know who's chasing Broc on the Kawasaki.  Is it Breker or Ward?

The 30 second board is sideways...

I didn't get to make too many start line photos, as I was most times positioned down the track, to make the money shot as the pack squirreled its way through the first turn.

Here's a great image taken after the 30 second board went sideways...and in those days it was a zebra-striped AMA official turning the board...not a Monster girl.

Note Steve Martin (29) going open face and letting his fingers get light on the clutch lever.  I used to love the snort of two-strokes amplified x 40.  There's something about that sound, high octane fuel and race grade oil that brought chills down my spine.

The sport did move on, but there's no reason we can't stop and take a moment...to respect a moment in time.

The vision of the equine

The horse's eyes are on both sides of the head , not the front like humans or cats ... Each eye transmits a different view through the optic nerves to the brain cells . Usually, each eye sees its part, only when looking straight ahead with his face perpendicular to the ground , you can define both eyes simultaneously toward the same point in space. Some breeds with extremely wide-set eyes , and fail to get it .The horse has a view of the field than human , if both are in the same place and directing his gaze to the same place.In his work with chair or pulling a carriage, which has panoramic views , continues informing everything that happens in their surroundings . Your reaction to threats or curiosities received by this sense are not usually liking towards humans . This means that when you will jump over large obstacles or galloping at high speed, a horse that is sustained with strong reins, will rebel against them by not allowing him to put his head and neck as needed to see and observe .When running , you can see whether he pursues an animal , you are reaching a vehicle, such as whether there are obstacles on his forehead.

Perhaps with this perceived lack of clarity, lack of binocular vision and Finida, which provides three-dimensional vision, and a perfect sense of depth, as it happens to us, do you see things in a single plane and few details.
The eyes normally remain stationary in their cavities. Although the moves when the horse suffers severe stress after periods of play or when yawning. Many are those who have seen the eyes of a horse when they're scared, they're easy to remember.

Being the eyes in the position I have explained before, obviously you can not see anything that is near the center of your face. This is the reason why rose sharply either the head or the tour or even both together, when a visitor with little experience with horses, try to touch your forehead directly.
How to pet a horse in the face is hand rising slowly from below and touching the jaw, neck, the lips and the sides of the face, before trying elsewhere.
A proof of the confidence of the horse in your caregiver is that it can touch directly on the forehead without causing withdrawal

Myths of the White Horse

The White Horse in India
 
In ancient India, a white horse was sacrificed in order to ensure the prosperity of the kingdom. Let loose the most beautiful white horse of the kingdom in a northeasterly direction. The Crown Prince and some young warriors, all movements should continue for a year.
These were to preserve their freedom and, above all, prevent be paired with any mare. Incarnation of the sun, his career was sacred and belonged territories officially crossed the sovereign.
When one year has elapsed, the horse returned to its starting point (pushed by the riders) the time of his death approached. This solar rite was practiced as the end of a reign, in order that the sovereign transmit it to his eldest son, his glory and his country.
White horses in Persia
The Persians attributed an important religious role for white horses. The inhabitants of Cilicia had to give him one day to the king of Persia, who was the incarnation of Mithra, the god of light and the owner of vast pastures. Mithra driving a chariot drawn by four white horses immortal. White horses were slaughtered in a cult dedicated to this God

White horses in China

In China, revered white mares Kubilay Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and the first Chinese emperor, founder of the Yuan Dynasty.
At the time of white spring festival, relatives of Khan met thousand mares and stallions immaculate whiteness. When these mares passed through the country, no one dared to cross the road. Approach was considered a desecration. As the "son of heaven" and its closest relatives could drink the milk of mares sacred.

the Celts
The Celts also honored the horses. At his death, the horses were not eaten or left to be eaten by vultures or scavengers predators, but were buried.
White horses were consecrated, particularly mares, as symbols of fertility. The chiefs involved in fertility rites with white mares in order to bring prosperity to his people.
As we have seen, the white horse has played an important role in different cultures throughout history.

The language of horses

The language of the horses comes from the language of the heart because, without any falsehood, is at all times as they are and feel.
Horses are very sensitive animals of prey that live in herds perfectly organized. Their survival depends on their ability to perceive any inconsistency in the environment. The safety of the herd requires continuous communication between its members.




How do horses communicate?
The most important form of communication for horses are emotions. If a pack member feels fear, the rest automatically and simultaneously responds run. They perceive the emotional message by way of information to know what attitude to take in an emergency. In herds, inconsistent attitudes among its members are not allowed because they can endanger the lives of everyone in danger. Therefore, mothers are very strict with their young.

 

The horse perceives and reflects how we feel at that moment

The horse can sense exactly what we feel in our stomach, in our heads and in our hearts. They are specialists in reading what happens inside us, and by your body language reflect our emotions and our fears. That is why we are said to have the innate ability to be mirrors ours.

 

As in the herd to survive consistency and respect is required, the horse does not respond to us when we are not acting in authentic way to our feelings. On the contrary, they will respond to our hidden emotions, many times, even we know.
The horses away from people who have stress on the body, for they are a threat. For most who do not live in packs, they always retain the prey animal instinct. However, if the person is focused, stress free and focused on his true emotions, the horse will relax and trust her. Horses relax when all members of the herd are in your body relaxed within the environment.

What can we learn from the way horses communicate?

We should learn from horses to openly communicate what really happens to us, what we feel, what our doubts, fears and strange sensations. Let's be aware of our thoughts and feelings as we we use the information to consistently live in the present, within the complex human society.